To: PLANNING COMMISSION
From: BRANDY FORBES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
TITLE
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A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, CHAPTER 2 ZONING AND LAND USE AND TITLE 10, CHAPTER 5 COASTAL LAND USE PLAN IMPLEMENTING ORDINANCE OF THE REDONDO BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE SECTIONS 10-2.2500 AND 10-5.2500 PERTAINING TO THE PROCEDURES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE DESIGN REVIEW
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Open Public Hearing and take testimony from staff, and other interested parties, and deliberate;
2. Close Public Hearing; and
3. Adopt a resolution by title only subject to the findings contained therein:
ADOPT A RESOLUTION BY TITLE ONLY OF A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT ORDINANCES AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 2 ZONING AND LAND USE AND TITLE 10, CHAPTER 5 COASTAL LAND USE PLAN IMPLEMENTING ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO PROCEDURES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE DESIGN REVIEW
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BACKGROUND
Redondo Beach's current land use regulations have thresholds of what size of project triggers Planning Commission Design Review for multi-family residential units and for commercial / industrial / mixed use / public development. This type of review has public hearing requirements and specific criteria to be met for Planning Commission approval. If a project does not trigger Planning Commission Design Review and does not otherwise require a public hearing (such as Conditional Use Permit or Variance), it would follow the Administrative Design Review process and be reviewed and approved by the Community Development Director. A recent project for a new commercial office building followed the existing Administrative Design Review process pursuant to RBMC 10-2.2500. The project was located immediately adjacent to a single family residential neighborhood and when the residential neighbors saw the demolition at the property and inquired about the project, they wanted to know why they had not been officially n...
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